chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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27 November 2014

Book Review: Only Ordinary Men

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In The Caravan : a parallel review of the memoirs of two of Indian cinema's most interesting actors, Dilip Kumar and Naseeruddin Shah...

Picture This: On TV, it looks so real

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My BLink column last Saturday: The artifice inherent in the media’s representation of the real, and the yawning abyss opened up by o...

18 November 2014

An ill wind: Revisiting Garm Hava

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Last Sunday's Mirror column : Newly restored, MS Sathyu's iconic film about post-partition times resonates more than ever in our p...

10 November 2014

Lust for life: Thoughts on The Shaukeens

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Yesterday's Mumbai Mirror column: a new comedy unwittingly tells us more about the chained spirit than the freedoms of the flesh. ...

9 November 2014

Post Facto - Chandigarh Diary: notes from the fringes of a litfest

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The Rock Garden in Chandigarh My Sunday Guardian column today: I have just returned from my second visit to Chandigarh. The ...

4 November 2014

To a Different Drum

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Last Sunday's Mumbai Mirror column : The figure of the dancer has been the object of hypocritical censure, both in Indian society a...

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